Combining Forms Flashcards
ARTICUL-
Joint
BREVI-
Short
BURS-
Bursa (an important lubricated fluid-filled thin sac located between bone and surrounding tissue, bones and tendons, and/or muscles around joints)
CARP-
Carpus
Eight bones of the wrist joint
CUBIT-
Elbow
DIGIT-
Finger
Toe
FASCI-
(Band) fibrous membrane covering, supporting and separating muscles
FASCICUL-
A little bundle, especially of nerve or muscle fibres
FEMOR-
Femur
Thigh bone
FIBR-
Fibre
FIBUL-
Fibula
FORAMEN
FORAMIN-
Passage, opening, hiatus, hole in the bone for passage of vessels or nerves
GENU-
Knee
HUMER-
Humerus
Upper bone of the arm
ILI-
Ilium
Flank
LIGAMENT-
Ligament
LUMB-
Loins
Part of the back between thorax and pelvis
MALLE-
Malleus (hammer)
MANU-
Hand
MUSCUL-
Muscle
PATELL-
Patella
Kneecap (little dish)
PHALANG-
Phalanx
PLANT-
Sole of the foot
RADI-
Radius (outer bone of the forearm)
SCAPUL-
Scapula
Shoulder blade
SKELET-
Skeleton (dried up)
STERN-
Sternum
Breastbone
SYNOV-
SYNOVI-
Synovial fluid
Membrane
Sac
TIBI-
Tibia
ULN-
Ulna (inner bone of the forearm)